Poorva Karma.. I think it is a beautiful concept from indian philosophy which serves 2 purposes:
1. It brings in a kind of fear in people doing sins. Many people for eg. todays politicians do lot of sins thinking that they cannot be touched. Also almost everybody has some or other chance of doing some thing bad with nobody knowing about it. The "Karma" concept helps to bring more social harmony by stating that karma will revenge itself.
2. It gives solace to people who are wronged by people they or law cannot touch. Almost all of us are surely negatively affected by the corruption, philandeering etc. Yet we cannot do anything and thinking that he will pay for it himself surely helps.
I have my opinion that philosophy was built to increase the social harmony and social happiness as a whole. And the Karma concept surely fits the requirement perfectly.
People might and will disagree.. But this is my point of view.
